Event Description

Join us for a weekend of training dogs, relaxing at the campsite, and testing trails at the 400+acre Blue Ridge Ranch in Ferguson NC (between Boone and Wilkesboro) September 25-27th. The mornings should be cool enough to run wheels and lots of trails for hiking/adventuring. 

This is a member-only campout and you can become a member during registration. Registration fees for this event includes your participation in group training and covers the cost of firewood and the golf cart we'll use to move equipment/humans/dogs/water around for training purposes. 

Lodging costs for our primitive group camp site (with a cedar outhouse, next to a stream) are an ADDITIONAL $20/person/night and must be made directly with the ranch hosts. They also have several RV spots with electric/water hookups, or a glamping silo with real beds if that is more your style.  

Tentative Training Options (may change depending on the group and weather)

• Bike/scooter on gravel, there's a flatter path and one up the mountain to a waterfall
  • Path to waterfall, has ~0.75mi of pavement to get to the gravel (we can drive folks over there), and then is 1.5mi with 280ft of elevation gain to the trailhead to a waterfall with area to cool off
  • Flatter path: Directly from campsite go out on the gravel past a few houses and stop at a creek (perfect for cooling dogs- gravel gets too chunky past there)- This is up to a 2.7mi round trip with only 130ft of elevation gain total
• Trail biking type trails: There is a dirt trail up to a ridge right from the campsite, I've not mapped it but it starts nice and wide
• Across the street are lots of miles of ATV width trails for hiking/biking (If your legs are up for elevation)/canicross with your dogs with PLENTY of elevation to train hills on. 
• Afternoons we can work on specific drills (passing, pulling, drag work, directional cues, etc)
• Saturday evening we will do a potluck style dinner with a fire